Fast Facts about Firsts for Women in
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Cynthia Holcomb Hall

Cynthia Holcomb Hall—(1929)—In 1972 she was appointed to the United States Tax
Court, upon which she sat until 1981, at which point she was appointed to the
United States District Court for the Central District of California. She was
appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1984
by President Ronald Reagan. (Featured on the AFGW special collections website)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Holcomb_Hall